When People Get Different Accents

What if one day you woke up and were suddenly speaking with a completely new accent from somewhere you’ve never lived? It sounds like a movie plot, but this rare condition is known as foreign accent syndrome.

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[laura]

I didn't realize this was so rare, a friend of mine started speaking with a French-Canadian accent after a stroke. It's actually really sad how many people think she's "faking it for attention", it always amazes me how ignorant people can be when it comes to mental illness and other things involving the brain. No one ever automatically assumes someone wearing a cast is just "pretending they broke there arm for attention" or calls a diabetic a drug addict for having an "insulin dependency".

[uss_]

That awkward moment you binge watch a show with people with accents, and people start noting you’re speaking weird after it.

[FaerieDust]

Oh man, having a German accent in Norway in the 40s would not have been a pleasant experience :S

[golfgrabu]

My 2 daughters are autistic and the oldest (that speaks Québécois French just like me and her mom) sometimes speaks with a French from France accent when she's nervous or didn't sleep

[yusefendure]

"em-PHA-sis of each sy-LLA-ble" lol!!!

[Brainstorm]

How amazingly weird can the brain be. You get such intense migraines that you start speaking with what sounds like a foreign accent.

[JoshuaHillerup]

I see why Hank didn't do this one, John would have never let him live it down

[southhill]

I'm Norwegian and often I'll suddenly switch to a Scottish-sounding accent. Always attributed it to me moving all around the country growing up, picking up a mixed dialect (Norway has like fifteen dozen dialects or summat).

[Iruka]

Are we supposed to see a butterfly? Becouse I'm seeing a hellish vampire moth

[thetux]

I once woke up from anesthesia with an English accent that faded after 15 minutes or so. I had wondered if it was due to priming, as i had been listening to Jim Sterling's videos inbthe waiting room for hours.

[joshuaamy]

If I'm working very hard to understand someone's accent that I'm having a conversation with, sometimes I unintentionally will adopt the accent when I say something. Probably not this, but awkward nonetheless when we both notice it

[AuntBibby]

i speak klingon with a hawaiian accent

[seratheeducatedfeline]

The HTTYD reference though. Really interesting too.

[ladyraven]

Thank you for not mentioning a "cure" when speaking about Autism. Kind of refreshing these days. (Also a reinforcement of the credibility of this channel.) Been binge-ing this channel, and you can count me as another subscriber!

[Karnex]

3:16
''Hit or miss''
My brain: I guess they never miss, huh?

[TT-RR]

I'm autistic and it's not uncommon for my accent to change during conversations. it doesn't happen everytime but it's no surprise when it dose.

I also have cerebral palsy. while it mostly effects my hands and lower back, my speech is also effected by the occasional muscle spasm . so I would not be surprise if Foreign accent syndrome can be linked to CP as well.

[benjamimapancake]

I have ASD. I know that it's not as long as Foreign Accent Syndrome, but if I'm nervous I can involuntarily slip into a new accent until I stop talking and recooperate.

[lucisangelum]

i get so excited to see you're hosting the video, haha. you're very charismatic!!

[thecreature]

Thank you for that how to train your dragon refrence. Love the franchise, but that has always been a bit odd.
The video topic is really interesting and well made as well

[jkell]

Is there something similar to this where you pick up an accent easily? I spent two weeks in Ireland, when I was 19, and came back with a rich Irish accent that took me a week to get rid of. I couldn’t control it and had to really concentrate to make it go away.